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ut their hands to documents in confiding ignorance of their c ontents." —Times. In the second and final Report of the Railway Com missioners of Ireland, which is just published, will be found not only most interesting and important information respecting the construction, eligibility, and probable re turns of various lines of railway in Ireland, and their effect on the country generally, but also a large amount of most valuable statistical intelligence. As railways exercise such a potent influence on the several interests of society, the field of inquiry opened to the Commissioners was one of the most extensive character ; and the result of their labours affords abundant evidence of the ability, assiduity, and zeal 4ith which they discharged the duties imposed upon them; A more comprehensive report has seldom or never beet laid before Parliament. It furnishes a most clear and i i pstructive account of the geology, nature of the soil, prostiacts, manufactures, population, food, wages, and trafitc in different parts of Ireland. Did our space a it, we should willingly transfer to our columns any of the statements respectin g these inte resting to ics ; but they ex t en d over such a variety of details, t it would be impossible to give them place in a Newspa Incidental to the construction of railways in Ireland, question of a steam communication between that court* and America, and its relative advantages corn pared.tvi - similar communi ca ti o n from England, afford scot:4 fo . ' h interesting investigation. The different lines ef-co unication between Dublin and London, and their respective advantages, are also subjected to a close and searching scrutiny. From this it appears that by making a railroad from Porth-Dyullaen, in North Wales, to London, and establishing a steam communication with Kingstown,, the distance from Dublin to London may be regularly traversed in sixteen hours, while it would take seventeen hours by Holyhead, eighteen by Ormeshead, and nineteen by Liverpool. The first line is that recommended by the Commissioners. This is a most interesting part of the inquiry. There can be no doubt that the expediting by a day or a night the post between London and Dublin, an immense advantage would be conferred on the mercan tile community of both cities ; and this advantage is attainable only by adopting the line which can be traversed in the shortest time, as the difference of even an hour might cause the saving or losing of a post. But then arises the quescion of expense and the eligibility of the line in other respects. Should it be adopted, however, and the mails leave London in future, as there is every probability they will, at seven, instead of eight o'clock, letters may be delivered in Dublin by noon the next day, and the return mail starting from Dublin by three o'clock the same after noon, would reach London by eight o'clock the following day, in time for distribution by the delivery of the General Post letters from other places. To bankers, merchants, and all engaged in operations requiring the rapid transmis sion of intelligence, it is unnecessary to expatiate on the advantages of thus bringing the chief cities of the two countries nearer to each other by one day's post. Consi dering the present condition of Ireland in all its relations, the judicious establishment of railways might fairly be ex pected to operate changes of the most beneficial character. We shall, therefore, not lose sight of the Report, of which we shall take an early opportunity of giving a further digest.—Morning Advertiser. The Whig Poor-law, at the point of the bayonet—the Bastile gruel, seasoned with cold steel, is sharp medicine for the suffering poor ! Lancers, riflemen, and new police, all employed at Dewsbury to thrust down the people's throat the great Whig " boon to the labouring population," afford a curious practical illustration of the beneficent cha racter of that most liberal measure, which it requires the sword of the dragoon to force upon a reluctant people. It is a new thing to see the cause of charity encircling itself with lance and bayonet, and relying for the acceptance of its " favours" on the terrible array of military power. New as the practice is, however, it is not the first time that the introduction of the Whig Poor-law has beenenforced by the arm of military power. At Bradford, not very long ago, blood was shed, and the " boon" was received like something that a conqueror bestows upon a vanquished people. The only reward which the " masses" have yet obtained from the faction whom they assisted into power is this fatale donum of Whig liberality, which condemns deserving poverty to the penal privations and ignominy of crime, and turns the heart's affections into a source of misery and tor ture. When Sir Francis Burdett, at the close of the Session, called the attention of Parliament to the Malthu sian Act, and the manner in which it was worked, he ex cused himself for not performing that public duty earlier in the Session, by stating that he had been requested from time to time to wait for the result of the labours of the Poor-law Committee—an excuse which appeared to us not quite satisfactory. Sir Francis Burdett ought to have known that the one-sided Committee would never do full justice to the question. He ought to have known that it was a Committee appointed by the most tricky of all Go vernments, not to expose the evils of the Whig law, but to endeavour to screen them. Knowing the dishonest object of the Ministers and the grossly partial composition of the Committee, we declared, in the first instance, that we would not value its proceedings a straw, and, accordingly, we never thought it necessary to wait the result of its labours, in order to guide us in advocating the cause of the op pressed and afflicted poor. Sir Francis Burdett ought to have submitted to Parliament his own views on the Poor-law system, wholly independent of any reference to the proceedings of the Government Committee and its Somerset House oracles. If he, or any other Member who really cares for the condition of the labouring poor, had, early in the S2ssion, in a manly and determined manner laid bare the iniquities of the law in the House of Commons, and adequately supported in that House the benevolent and intrepid exertions of Earl Stanhope in the other, it is very probable that the scenes of popular commotion and military array with which this country is now afflicted, or threatened, would not have occurred. A confidence that Parliament would redress their wrongs would have done more than anything else towards insuring the peaceful conduct of the people. As to any patchwork amendment of this cruel and unchristian law, it will never do. The sincere opponents of the measure will not be satis fied with anything short of the abolition of that un constitutional power by which the three Commissioners are enabled to exercise the legislative authority which of right belongs only to the Monarch and the two Houses of Parliament. Scarcely any of those tyran nical regulations which are ignorantly supposed to be part and parcel of the Bill constitute any portion of it, but are the emanation of arbitrary power which that Bill confers upon the Central Baard, to frame laws for all the parishes of England and Wales. It was thought by the framers of the measure that such clauses appeir ing on the face of the Bill would call forth an opposition which it might not be easy to overcome, and so it was craftily contrived that nothing should be said in the Bill of the separation of man and wife, parent and child, and other abominations, which were left to be worked out by the triumvirate at Somerset House, in pursuance of the absolute power conferred upon them for that purpose ; al though, even after the Bill had sometime passed, Lord Brougham utterly denied there was any intention of sepa rating man and wife in the union Bastiles. It is natural enough that a measure instituted by " Liberals," and di rected towards tyranny, should be concocted in fraud, nor can we be surprised that it should be incapable of any ex tensive execution without the aid of force.—Morning Herald. The journals in the interest of the Whig Government have of late condescended to be very didactic in their notices of the character and conduct of the Upper House of Parliament. Those sapi:mt " public instructors" ex hibit the most amicable solicitude for the powers of the Peers, and ootwithstanding that the majority of that House have treated tLe Ministers, whom Whig journalists delight to honour, with anything but confidence or respect, their case is yet taken in hand with the liveliest consideration for their welfare, and they are shown how they may, upon philosophical principles, preserve themselves from ruin. The only drawback upon the value of all this Whig benevolence is, that the case to which it applies does not appear to exist. The Lords are instructed how they should enlist the well-informed classes in their fa vour, and avoid provoking the passions of the multitude. Now there are some persons in this country at present —persons not unaccustomed to the Court and the Council board—to whom this instruction would seem not only generally useful, but at this particular juncture espe cially necessary ; and we think it a pity that the sapient advice we are now noticing should not be given to them, instead of to persons who do not appear to stand in any present need of it. It strikes us that if there be any set of public men in this country who at present enjoy the fa vourable opinion of the well-informed classes, and who do 91 )1 run any risk from the hostile passions of the multitude, that body of public men will be found on the Conserva tive side of the House of Lords. They have lately been exhibiting, in a v ery determined manner, a respect for the law, which the Government has failed to show. They have insisted upon the law not buing broken, when the Govern ment would have passed over the breach of it without no tice, for fear of offending a man whom they desired to sup port in the exercise of arbitrary power. Now, be it a principle or be it a prejudice, there can of the fact be no doubt, that the opinion of the well-informed classes is in favou r of a strict observance of the law, and even the mul titude are b y no means displeased to see that men i n hi g h places are compellable, and are compelled, to respect the le gal limits of right and wrong , which the p oor man is called upon to obs erve , or else to bear the punisment i nc i dent to their infraction. The existing Government, would which . •be aristocrati c w i t h out the tocracy,andwhich woos the friends of " lib era lit y " to its aide , y practic es th e reverse o f liberal, is also much t oo c l ever for the well-informed c l ass e s , and attends to the wan t s o f the multitude in suc h a way as t o provoke no s ma ll amount of r s P te a : passionate wrath. swsma ll . nee T d h o e r Government, therefore, seems to the advice which the Whig journalists have to spare ; but, as for the Conservative majority of the Lords, their posi- tion with the public has never been, within our memory, in a more satisfactory and healthy condition. We wonder what it is that has led our profound and very observant Whig Journalists to think otherwise, and to imagine that the Lords required some good advice to insure their safety. What do these Journalists take as the measure or guage of the opinion of the well-informed classes as to any existing political body? If we were to press upon them our tests, such as ,the prevailing opinion of the Universities—of the landed proprietors—of the wealthy merchants—of the Clergy—the Bar—the men of rank in the Navy and Army—all these would pro baby be refused. It would be said that in none of these should we find an exposition of the opinion of the intelligent middle classes. Well, then, let us take a test manufac tured by the Whigs themselves, in which no one has ever pretended that the advantage of securing a fair representa tion of their own views was neglected. Let us take the Reform Act, and the franchise established by it. Will it be pretended that in the kingdom of England the exercise of that franchise does not afford a fair criterion of the poli tical feeling of the middle classes ? Will it be said that putting the lower classes out of the question, and lode pendently of the insufficient representation, or non-repre sentation, of which their leaders complain, the middle classes also are left by this grand Whig charter without an opportunity of fairly expressing their opinion through the election of their representatives ? Whig Journalists cannot surely pretend this—they cannot so befoul their own nest, as to tell us that the exercise of the franchise, established by the Reform Act, affords no flit- criterion of the politics of the middle classes. But if they do not tell us this, vvhat becomes of their pretence that the well-informed middle classes are opposed in political opinion to the majority of the House of Lords ?—for the majority of the representatives of England under the Reform Act, and the majority of the House of Lords, are of one mind, and act together in all great poli tical questions. And besides this, it will be found that the Conservative majority of the representatives of England are emphatically the representatives of the middle classes ; for though it be true that from a goad many towns in Eng land, where the influence of those classes does fairly ope rate, Whig Members are returned, yet in the greater number of instances the Ministerial Members come either from towns where all minor influence is overborne by two or three swollen manufacturers (an ignorant, purse-proud, tyrannical set, as ever existed), or from larger places, where the force of the rational and deliberate is swept away by the multitude of two-penny traders in beer, cabbage, small coal, and sedition. This latter state of affairs is evident in Lambeth, Finsbury, and other " metropolitan" districts. But it may be urged that, notwithstanding what we say about the majority of the English representatives, there is a majority of the House of Commons opposed to the majority of the House of Lords. True ; but how does that happen ? Why, it happens solely and entirely through the Ministerialism of the Members from the Roman Catholic part of Ireland, a portion of the empire where it is notorious that there is not any such thing as an intelligent middle class. In the north of Ireland—that is, in the Protestant and prosperous part of that kingdom—there is a middle class, and we not only believe, but we know, that so intelligent a middle class can scarcely be found in any other part of her Majesty's dominions. But the representatives of these people almost all vote with the majority of the House of Lords. In the far larger portion of Ireland, that is the Roman Catholic and wretched part, there is no middle class. There ought to be proprietors, and there are priests and peasantry. The representatives from this part of the country almost all vote against the House of Lords ; but these Members of Parliament represent the hatred of the Roman Catholic Priesthood to the institutions of Great Britain. The people, who nominally elect them, are neither intelligent nor free upon political questions. The difference of opinion, therefore, between the majority of the House of Lords and the majority of the House of Commons, is not evidence of a disagreement between the former and the intelligent middle classes ; but the harmony of opinion subsisting between the majority of the representatives of England, and the majority of the House of Lords is evi dence—which the Whigs cannot invalidate without stultify ing themselves—that the intelligent middle classes and the majority of the House of Lords are at present of one mind upon great political questions, and are equally opposed to the shabby, shuffling, policy of the Whig-Radical A.dini nistration.—ilforning Post. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. WHITEHALL, AUG. 22, ISM The Queen has been pleased to constitute and appoint Major- General Sir Edward Gibbs, K.C.B. to be Lieutenant-Governor of the Island of Jersey, in the room of Major-General Archibald Campbell, deceased. Commission by the Lord Lieutenant of Gloucestershire. Royal North Gloucester Regiment of Hopkins Gent., to be Lieutenant, •ice White, resigned, Aug. 3. ENGLAND. BANK OF Quarterly Average of the weekly of England, from the 29th Ma: inclusive, pursuant to the Act 3 LIA BILITIES. Circulation Deposits .. 10,293,000 Bullion Liabilities and Assets of the Bank y to the 21st August, 18.38, both and 4 W. IV., cap 98. ASSETS. £29,779,000 Downing-street, August 24, 1 £32,493,000 BANKRUPTS. GEORGE BENJAMI:si lIARDING, paper-hanger, Cannon street, London, Sept. 7,, at one, and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Groom, Abchurch-lane, official assignee ; Har man, Bennett-street, Blackfriars-road. JOHN HOGG, victualler, Mathon, Worcestershire, Aug. 31, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the office of Mr. Daniel, Worcester. Smith, Chancery-lane, London ; Hill and Daniel, Worcester. ASH HACKER, builder, Canterbury, Aug. 31, at one, and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Guildhall, Canterbury. Kiric, Symond's Inn, London ; De Lasaux, Canterbury. JOHN DOVEY STEVENS, paper-maker, Two Waters, Hemel Hempsted, Hertfordshire, Sept. 8, at two, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Alsager, official assignee, Birchin-lane, Cornhill, London ; Fellows, Rickmansworth. WILLIAM GEORGE BETTISON, librarian, High-street, Margate, Aug. 31, at seven, and October 5, at two, at the London Hotel, Margate. Boys and Son, Margate; Egan, Waterman, and Wright, Essex-street, Strand, London. DAVID RAYBOULD, builder, Westbromwich, Staffordshire. Sept. 11 and Oct. 5, at twelve, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birming ham. Hunt, New Boswell-court, Carey-street, London : Caddick, Westbromwich. CEIARLES TAYLOR, gas-engineer, Manchester, Sept. 10 and Oct. 5, at ten, at the Commissioners'-rooms, Manchester. Milne, Parry. Milne, and Morris, Temple, London ; Whitehead, Barlow, and Radcliffe, Oldham, Lancashire. NATHAN GRAY, common brewer, Great Yarmouth, Nor folk, Sept. 6 and Oct. 5, at eleven, at the Duke's Head Inn, King's Lynn, Norfolk. Metcalfe, jun., Wisbech St. Peter's, Cambridgeshire ; Baxter, Lincoln's-inn-fields, London. LOUIS AUD EM A RS, watch case manufacturer, Dean• street, Westminster, to surrender Sept. 7, at two, and Oct. 5, at twelve, at the Court of Bankruptcy. Cannon, official assipee, Finsbury square ; Allen, Gylbv, and Allen, Carlisle- street. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. J. Mikes, wharfinger, Sept. 17, at eleven—H. Cox, soap-ma nufacturer, Goswell-street, St. Luke's, Sept. 17, at one—J. and E. Payne, coach-lace manufacturers, Great Queen -street, Lin coln's Inn-fields, Sept. 17, at twelve—J. Jones, rope-merchant, Whitechapel, Sept. 15, at eleven. In the Country. I. Knight and J. Martin, corn-merchants, Manchester, Sept. 14, at twelve, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—J. Haughton, cotton-spinner, Blackburn, Sept. 14, at eleven, at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester—D. Nield, junior, cotton. spinner, Shaw Ed ge , Oldh am , S ept . 14 , at two, at the Commis. stoner? Rooms, Manchester—W. Hydes, comb manufacturer , Sheffield, Sept. 18, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Sheffield—H. Burdekin, table-knife manufacturer, Sheffield, Sept. 17, at eleven at the Town Hall, Sheffield—R. Ellis, cotton-spinner, Preston Sept. '2l, at eleven, at the Town Hall, Preston—F. Beckinpale grocer, Bridport, Dorsetshire, Sept. 15, at eleven, at the Bull Inn Bridport. CERTIFICATES, SEPT. 14. T. Hamper, isinglas-dealer, Chureh.lane, Whitechapel—C. V. Smith and R. E. Goulding, linen-drapers, Tottenham-court-road Angel-court,—J. Fearn, stock-b ro k er , Throgrnorton-street-1. Clark, bootmaker, Lamb's Conduit-street—J. Murrell, coach maker, Brighton—T. Brettell printer, Rupert-street, Haymark et —E. Wilson, bookselle r , S we eting's-alley, Cornhill—J. Spencer, commission agent, Manchester. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. C. Deudney and J. Fagg, brewers, Hastings,. Sussex—J• Phil lips and W. Parkinson, cotton spinners, Bradford, Yorkshire—J. Hawke.; and Co., woolstaplers, Bradford, Yorkshire(so far as re gards J. Wroe, junior)—R. 1.. Dawson and R. C. Dawson, mer chants, Liverpool—J. Smith and J. Leigh, grocers, March, Isle of Ely, Cambridgeshire—E. Falkner and H. Falkner, linen drapers, Red Lion-square—R. Ragg and J. Bunting, machine builders, Bloomsgrove , Nottinghamshire —J. Ford and A. Stock ton, plumbers, Staleybridge, Lancashire—T. Bacon and J. Ste venson, coal-merchants, Lincoln—ll. T. Pearce and Co., mer chants, Liverpool (so far as regards J. Willasey)—W. Were and E. Norman, wholesale cheesemongers, Botolph-lane—J. Cress well and Co., Birmingham—T. Pickford and Co., common car riers, London. COST OF A WATCH.—During the war of 1796, a sailor went into a watchmaker's in the City, and handing out a small French watch to the ingenious artist, demanded how much the repair would come to. The watchmaker look ing at it, said it would cost him more in repairs than the ori ginal purchase. " Oh, if that's all, I don't mind that," re plied the sailor; " I will even give double the original costs, for I have veneration for the watch." " What might you have given for it?" inquired the watchmaker. " Why," said Jack, twitching his trousers, " I gave a French fellow a knock on the head for it, and if you'll repair it, I'll give you two." NUTS. —Hazel nuts are unusually plentiful in this county this year. We were lately told by some gentlemen, who had just visited some o f t h e " basely dells " with which our county abounds, that were a thousand blind pe . ople turned into one of these copses, they would have no difficulty in filling a thousand boll-measure sacks, merely by groping around them and practising a little locomotion. We may therefore expect that at our approaching races, instead of having our ears dinned, as usual, with " Fine nuts, a penny a quarter a-pund," to see every man and mother's son on the turf their own nut bag bearer. The superabundance of nuts this season amply attests the truth of the old Scottish saying used by our worthy sires, viz A nitt year's an ait year."—Ayr Observer. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, AUGUST 25, 1838. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &c. LONDON, FRIDAY, AUG 24 1 Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per t'aid. Share shares. Annum. 1,766 7 pei cent. Asnton and Oldham.... Average 97/ . 18s. sh. 135 1.089. 4/. Ashby-de-le-'Louth Average 1151.5 h. 65 1,060 Basingstoke lOO/.0. 5 1,005 5/, Brecknock and Abergavenny 150:. sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 91 6s. Birmingham, I-16th share RV. & 711. 220 I. 1)00 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...P . )/ sh. 100 pd 24j 600 3/. Bridgewater and Taunton ....lOU sh. all pd 64 400 41. Chelmer and Blackwater lOO/. sh. 102 500 481 Caventry 00/. sh. 745 4,545 Croydon 1,0641! 41. Os. Dudley ... 1001. sh. 83 600 141. Derby lOW. sh 133 • 20,000 4 per cent. Danune and Mayne 4l/, I3s. 4d ,pd 30 3,575 a 31. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331. sh. 77 1 461. Erewash 1,297 28/. Forth and Clyde Average 4401.165. th. 570 1,600 121. Grand Junction . WO/. sh. '20"2 2,8491 U. Grand Union 100/.sh 25 11.500 Grand Surrey . ... , lOO/ s h. 20 100/. e 3 0,000/. 41. per cent. Ditto (optional) Loan 3 '196 Grand Western 600 13/.los. Pd. Glamarganshire, Average cost 1721. 13s. 43. 230 749 104. Grantham 150/. sh. 203 6,238 21. Os Huddersfield Average 571. 6s. fid. sh. '37 100 Kensington 100 sh all pd. 10 2.V409 11. ss. Kennet ind Avon, Average 39/.188.103. Si' 05! 2,9971 241. Leeds and Liverpoo l 100/. sh. 674) - 5451 13/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 220 1,897 61. Os. Leicester and Northampton... Aver. 53/. 108. 91 2.400 10!. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh 20 150 101. Melton Mowbray 100/ ch. 200 500 251. Mersey and Irwell 1001. sh. 560 3.000 11. 10s. Macclesfield 1001. sh. all pd. 52 247 171. Neath 1001 sh 325 2,400 51. Peak Forest Avel..ge about 781. sh. 104 1,418 12s. Regent's (or London) Aver. 33/. 16s. 83. sh. 164 5,649 6/. per cent. nochdale Average 8.5/.Bh. 711 500 8!. Shropshire 1'2.51. sh. 138 ROO 91. 10s. Somerset Coal 150/. sh. 151 i 3,600/. 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock lOl. 10s. sh. Ila 700 40/. Stafford and Worcester l4O/ sh. 710 500 9L Shrewsbury P2.51. sh. 280 300 9/. Stourbridge 3.647 2/. OA. Stratford-on. Avon ...Average 791. 9,. Isl. sh. 40 533 151. Swansea 100/. sh. 250 3.762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ... Av. 351. sh. 35 2,61 0 1 sh. 32!. 1 0 s. Treat and Merse y , a share 100/. sh. 600 8,149 ...... ... Thames -..nd Medway...Aver. 19/. ss. Sd. sh. 2 1,0005h.1 16/. Warwick aad Birmingham lOO/.sh 281 1,0001. h. 360 15s. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 2--011 6,000 4/.os, Worcester and Birmingham.. .Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 791 5,000 2 5 5. Wilts an .. Berks .. Average 671. 108. Bd. sh. 23 SOO 31, NI/ yrley and Essington lO3l. sh 75 126 905 10„ Wey and Arun llol.sh. 201 DOCKS. t 600& ' .i s s } 3p, c Commercial . . 'OOl. sh. 1,0651i1e East and West India Stock 3,238,31011. 555. p.ct. London Stock Ditto ilonds 2,209 21. 19s. Bristol 68,3'24/. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1,352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 20'1%000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 1.500 , .... Deptford Pies 201. sh. 201. pd BRIDGES. 1,600 Ws. Hammersmai 5Ol. sh. 7,2.31 Southwark, Old 1,700 11. 155, Ditto, New, of 71 rr cent. 5O/. sh. 5,000 .... . . ... Waterloo 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6Ol. pd 5,000 16s. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 71 40/, pd 60,0001. 5!. per cent. Ditto Bonds 5,848 17s Vauxhall Average 701. 10s. 3d. sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. '2,000 31101 Albion sh. 50/. pd 50,000 I 5 and 15s. Alliance,British & Foreign 1001 . sh. 10 1/. pd per cent./ 1001. she 51. pd 50,000 fl per cent. Ditto, Marine 24,000 1 1. per sh. Atlas 1,200 Ish. 51. Birmingham k ire ..... .......... sh. 55/. pd 20,000 41. per cent. British Fire . 250/. sh. 50/. pd 12,000 6/, per cent. British Commercial 50/. sh. 5/. pd 5,000 51. per cent. Clerical, Medi sal,&c. Life, ICOL sh. 2110 s pd 4,000 21 105 County 1001 she 101. pd 4 ,,, 1 5 per cent. / Economic Lile lOOO/. sh. 2501. pd : 20,000 ss. Eagle 5Ol, sh. 51. pd ‘, --" Land 30! be. 0 0/. sh. all psi 2,271 225. percent. European Li, • 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2O/. sh. 21. pd 1,000,000/. 7/. per ct. Globe Stock 1 , 20,000 51. Guardian lOO/. sh. 2711 pd 40,000 6s. 6d. Hope 2,400 5/. 7s. 6d. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd MI 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 1001. sh. 10!. pd IC 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity blarine 100/. sh. Si. psi 23 2,020 31 10s Kent Fire 50/. sh. all p 4 82 31. Ditto Life. 79 10,000 16s. Law Life 1001. sh. 10/. pd 251 5,00 u 10s. London, Fire 25/. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 101 3,900 10e. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 111 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life. 1001. she 30,000 51. per cent. Palladium Lite 501. sh. 21. pd 218 s Od 50,000 41. per cent. Protector File 0 0/. sh. 2!. pd rs Od 2,500 1/. Provident Lite lOO/. sh. 101. pd '2O 100,000 ss. Rock Life 20/. she H. pd 7 689,2201 51. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 2251 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. Si. pd 51 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 51. pd 74 JOINT STUCK BANKS 45,000 8 percent. Agric. and Comm. of Ireland 251. sh. 101. pd 5,000 Australa.ia 4Ol. sh. 401. pd 62 10,.100 10 percent. Bank of Bill mingham 5O!. she 10/. pd 13 0,000 19 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. she 5/. pd 16i 31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...loo/ sh. 20/. pd 23 60,000 5!. London Joint Stock. 50/. sh. 101. pd l 2; J,OOO 4 per cent. Lancaster 1001. sh. 20/. pd 30 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 101. pd 22 100,000 71 per sent Manchester and Liverpool] 501.8 h. 151 pd 2: District 20,000 7 per cent. Manchester 1001. sh. 251 pd 2 20,000 ... ...... Provincial Bank of lreland 100/. sh. '251. IA 4 :0, 00 National Bank of Ireland sq. sh. 174/. pd 1 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. lOO/. sh. 351. pd I 10,000 . Gloucestershire 5O/. sh. 101. pd 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh. 5/. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1! Os Od Bath 2O!. sh. 101. pd 5,000 British 4O/. sh. 161. pd aa‘ , r sLpercent./ 51 ”"" /and Bs. 65.3 Ditto Provincial VOL sh. 19 lid 928 51 lOs Birmingham 5O/. sh. 1,250 '2los Bristol 1,500 3/ lOs Brighton 2O/. sh. 750 3! les Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 18/. pd 2,471 44 per cent. Brignton General 201. sh. all pd 1,000 5/. Continental Consolidated 1,000 101. City of London lOOl. sh. all pd 1,000 61. Ditto, New 1,000 4/.los. Equitable 50/. pd 11.000 2,1 per cent. Imperial 5 O/. sh. 81)0 5/ per cent. Isle of 'Fhanet 0 51. sh. 201. pd 2,350 6/. per cent. lndependeut 3O/. sh. all pd 9,000 3!. per cent. Phwnix .... 501. sh. 39/. pa 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratelitf South Metropolitan 4,00050!. sh. 191. pd '3,200 51. per cent. United General 5Ol. sh. 46/. pd 210 5/. per cent. Warwick 501. sh. 400 51. per cent Wakefield 25/ she 2,000 3!. Westminster Chartered 6,001 Its. Ditto New 5(1.5h. 10/. pd 800 Yarmouth 2Ol. sh. IS!. pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 95. Birmingham 251. she ll . pd 1,434 61. East London 5,500 2/ lOs Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4sl. sh. 2,000 2/. Kent 100!. sh. 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 21 lOs Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,486 1/ 158 Manchester and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. South London 100/. sh. 4,294 4/. West Middlesex ....Average 631. 12s. 9d. sh. 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop 100/. sh. IRON RAILWAYS. 6,300 Birmingham and Derby 4O/. pd 9,500 Birmingham and Gloucester 15,.0 0 Bristol and Exeter ...............100!. sh. 15 pd (160 Calcutta and Saugur .501. sh. 2/. pd 7,500 ... Cheltenham and G. Western...looL sh. 19. V. 3,002 ... Clarence lOO/. sh. 100/. pi 12,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny 1001. sh. 21 pd 60,001 Eastern Counties 0 51. sh. 714 pd ...... .., Grand Junction 1001. sh. 95/. p 1 Great North of England l3/. pd 5,030 Great Western lOO/. sh. 65/. Pd 2,0 , 41 Hartlepool 1001. sh. 1001. pd 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 151. pd 10,004 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pd 2,1110 9/. per cent. Leeds and 5e1by......... 100 sh. 1,500 1/.55. Leicester and Swannington ....501. sh. all pd 5,103 10 per cent. Liverpool and Manchester...lo(Lsh. 100!. pd 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares ~5 / p d 36,000 London and Brightao 5O/. sh. I 1/, pd 12,000 London and Blackwall 501. sh 3/. pd 20,000 3 per cent. London and Greenwich . ...... 20/. sh. 201. pd '25,000 London and Birmingham ...100/. sh. 904 pd ... ...... Ditto Quarter Shares 5/. pd 20,000 London and Southampton ....501. sh. 59/. pd Ditto ditto New 11,0(10 London and Croydon Trunk 20/ sh. 2.1/. pd 6, , 00 Ditto New Scrip 5/ Os. pd 12,000 London Grand Junction 50/. sh. 5/. pd 1.1,000 Manchester and Leeds 10 V. sh. 301. pd 10,000 Manchester and Birmingham...7u/. sh. 71. pd North Midland 1001. sh. 451. pd Northern and Eastern... lOOl. sh. .151. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 13 , '/. pd 28,1100 South Eastern and Dover 91. pd 1000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 0,000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 21. pd 6,000 York and North Midland ...50 . sh. 121, pd MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper ‘ 51. sh. 511. pd 4,000 1L 5/. Alien . 151 . sh. 12!. 104 pd 10,000 ... ..... An 10 Mexican, iss. 5/. pm.... 1001. sh. all pd Ditto Subscription ... , .05/. pa 2,000 PI. Beams • 150/. sh all pd 10,000 11. les Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pin.: .351. she 201 pd 8,01 , 0 ... ...... Stacaubas A Cocaes United - 251. sh. 24. pd 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. I IL. p 4 10,000 Bolivar Copper Company 0 0!. sh. 201. pd 10,000 Ditto Scrip 10/. ah. 10/. pd 20,0101 British Iron 501. sh. 50/ pd 6,000 ... ...... British Copper 5l. sh. 41/. pd Cata Branca NI. i d Candonga she s h . 8 a 1 1 I . a .1 ) d it!. pd 10,000 11 Copiapo `SOL .5 13'. pd 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 5/. pm. 2,850 3/. English 20,000 General Mining Association...2ol all. 10/. pd 6,155 PRI United Mexican. ei Consul, ox,ict.::, . i Mexican Company 100/. sh. 5514 pd 3.000 11,500 bs. Unregistered 2ljin .... 1 4 0 0 1 1 . . Ditto Loan Notes :30,000 Da, Scrip , Ditto New Scrip West Corks/ pd 50! sh. 50/ pd LITERARY I NSTITUTIONS. . - 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket r 1,500 London University 7..igs. sh. 700 Russell lOO/. sh. all pd King' College t2sgs. she MISCELLANEOUS. 100/. pd 10,000 15 1 . Australian Agricultural.. .100/. sh 2041. pd 0,000 41 . per ce nt. British American Land Company 10,000 61. per ce nt . Canada Com p an y 1001. sh. 2111. pd 200,000 51. per cent. Upper Cana ,, .a Lean City Bonds, 1 per cent 20,000 1!. Bs. General Steam Navigation ...151. sh. 14/. psi 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 IL London Con. Sale Rooms Av. 754 s h . 8 000 ......... C aoutchouc Company 05/. sh. 12 1 1 . pd ' National Loan Filial 500,C04. ......... . . _ d c 2! . 50.:pd New Brunswick Lan 01111.14 Y '.ol. pd 2,751 5/. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100/. sh. 100/. pd , . (Zl3 5!. per cent. Ditto New lOO/. sh. 701. pd - 4,000 10,000 6i, Van Die ner.'s Land 10(11. sh. 171. pd 113 105 102 100 j 11 141 6-4 14,1 1071 181 74; 100 91 LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, BANKS. 2, 1838. BANKS. 1,500,001/. 6/. p. ct. Bar •01 Scotland 83/. Cs Bd. sh. all „ d 2,000,01 1. 5 . 1 p. ct. Hr.- :of Scotland 100/. sh. an l i ,d 193/ . 500.0101. Bp. et. 11r.tish Linen Company 100/ h ii , 11 1 4/ ....,...5... a.. lic. 240,' 3,000,0001. fl. p. ct. Commercial ....................001. sh. 1001. pd ~-. 5.000,010. a us. ct. Ns tional .... ................. ...100/. sh. 10/. pd ; 1 ,7 1 . 2,00 1,0001. ap. ct. Glasgow Union • 950/. sh. 50/. n d ~)#/. 4,0000. W. 4 p. et. Western of Scotland . ...... 200201.1.5:11,7m. Pd 275. INSURANCE COMPANIES. d. 14: 5 1 .-4 25(0005h. Si p. ct. Scottish Union - ,500 r,k p. ct. Hercules ... . .................... 100/. sh. 101. pd 1 ,.,;•,% 100,000 sp. et. Insurance Co. of Scotland . 12001 . 000 .. 0 1 / 11 0 ... 1 :s . hhh s ... h. :1000 1 : 1 :pd pd s : l s. 50,000 6p. et. North British 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 5,000 Bp. ct. Edinburgh Life l9/ Os 100,000 SI p. ct. West of Scotland .............. .......... 10/. pd 7 , 03 MISCELLANEOU S. 4,810 .... Edin. ='.lltl (Va.% Un. Canal.. .s'o/. ch. all pd 5 , 2 , Ditto Allecated ..961. sh. all pd g .`i 5,400 5 par cent. Edinb. Joint Steck Water ..25/. sh. all pd ' 3 6i Carron Iron Company ..„..2EO/. sh. all pd I . ooo sh 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Founttery... ...... 501. 55 381. pd 4 .1 1 : 1 0.060 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith G1a55....20 I. al i. W. pd ug• 4 . 500 10 per cent. Edinburgh Coal Gas 4,450 10 per cent. Glasgow Gas 251. sh. all sh. all pd 1 31/ 11) 711 per cent. Leith Coa l Gas 20/. L sb pd 45/. - t .21 0 Edinburgh pndD4llceithlPlllway....W 1000. 5 per cent, FApiltabte Loan COMparry„,'ss4 eh, pi; gr. w,t, CRIMINAL COURT-FRIDAY. OLD COURT. George Washington 111:1dree, a black man, aged twenty eight, was indicted for feloniously stabbing Calvin Smith Hudson, also a back mar, upon the high seas, within the juris diction of the Admiralty of England. The Learned JUDGE summed up, and the Jury returned a verdict of Guilty of doing grevious bodily harm. James Raven, aged twenty, a sailor, was indicted for felo niously killing and slaying Henry Manuel, also a sailor. The transaction in question occurred on board the Kingston, the same vessel alluded to in the last trial, and during the same voyage from Jamaica to this country. The Learned JUDGE having summed up, the Jury returned a verdict of Manslaughter, with a strong recommendation to mercy, on the ground of the provocation which he had re- ceived. Samuel Hales was indicted for feloniously striking Edward Jones, by which his leg was broken, and from which injury he died. The jury returned a verdict of " Not Guilty." Bazil de Meer, aged 56, a carpenter, who was stated to be a Frenchman, and who stands indicted for feloniously killing a cow with intent to steal the carcase, was put to the bar for the second time, to plead to the indictment. He bad refused to de so the previous day. This morning a jury was impannelled to try whether the prisoner was " mute" from " malice," or by the visitation of God. The prisoner, when asked in the usual form to plead, indi cated by gesture that he did not understand what was said to him. Mr. Cope, the Governor of Newgate, and Newman, the principal turnkey, deposed that the prisoner was well ac quainted with the French and English languages, and had conversed freely in both in prison. Mr. Sergeant ARABIN having stated the law as affecting the prisoner, told the jury that they were to decide whether the prisoner was mute from "malice," or by the visitation of God. The jury at once gave their verdict, that he was mute from malice. A plea of " Not Guilty" was then entered and recorded, under the provisions of the Statute. The prisoner was then taken from the bar. THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR IN ST. PANCRAS.-This morn- ing Mrs. Pow appeared before Mr. CopE in his private office stating that she wished to surrender to meet any charge that might be against her. Mr. COPE gave her similar advice to that given by him to Myers, when he called at his office two days since, namely, that she had better consult her attorney or surrender in open Court if a true bill were returned against her. He could not appre hend her as he had no warrant for that purpose. In the course of the day the Grand Jury returned a true bill of wilful murder against Myers and Mrs. Pow. It was stated by the Counsel for the prosecution (Mr. 800. Erns) that he did not expect the trial of the above parties would take place before Monday, and it is not expected that they will • urrender before that day. Bazil de Meer, the Frenchman above alluded to, was again brought up, and placed at the bar, upon the indictment charg ing him w►th killing a cow. lie still continued mute, and declined to plead. RECORDER—Prisoner, a jury has already decided that this conduct on your part is only acting. You had better attend to your case instead of playing such tricks as these. The pri soner still continued silent. RECORDER—Mr. Cope, explain to him what I say. Mr. Cope—Oh, he understands what you say, my Lord, well enough. The prisoner still 'continued to persevere in his silence. The case was then proceeded with, and it was satisfactorily established that the cow was destroyed by the prisoner, for a portion of the animal was found in his possession, together with a knife and a sharpening -stone, both of which were covered with blood and hair. His arms and his shirt sleeves were also covered with blood. This was the case for the prosecution. The prisoner was called on for his defence, but he still ob stinately declined saying a word. Every endeavour was made by the Court to induce the pri soner to give up his acting. The surgeon of the prison attended, and he deposed that he not only spoke English, but that he was perfectly sane. The Jury, without hesitation, found the prisoner Guilty. The RECORDER said he should certainly sentence the pri soner to transportation. The prisoner was then removed. NEW COURT. - Mary Henderson, a genteel, intelligent girl, fourteen years of age, was convicted of stealing two handkerchiefs, the pro perty of J. R. Smith. Although the prisoner has been in custody for a consider able time, she has resisted the humane inquiries of the she riffs and every other person as to her family connexions, who, from her dress and acquirements are supposed to be very respectable. The Common Sergeant, it is said, then made the following overture—lf she would inform him of the name and abode of her parents, she should be driven there directly in a hackney coach, and delivered up without its being made known where she had been or from whence sent. With this condition she instantly complied, and steps were taken for her removal if she had told the truth. POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. A watchman named Holder, who protects the public in the neighbourhood of London-bridge, was summoned before the Lord Mayor for having been rather too active in the perform ance of his supposed duties. His LORDSHIP recommended the watchman to settle with the complainant to prevent a more disagreeable issue. HATTON-GARDEN. Yesterday a young man of fashionable appearance, who gave his name Janes Vincent, was brought up by police-constable, 1 25 E division, charged with having knocked at the doors of the inhabitaks of Qucen-street, Bloomsbury-square. A gentleman connected with the Society of Friends came forward to offer himself as bail. _ ___ .......... ...... ... Mr. B ENNETT —A re you — acquainted with the prisoner ?• I am. His affirmation was taken, on which he stated that he was a solicitor, residing in Park-place, Islington, and he knew the prisoner to be a respectable man. He had dined with him, and he had no d ou bt but it was through the influence of the wine that he had drunk that he had committed himself in the manner which he had done. Mr. BENNETT ordered him to find bail, which was imme diately given, and he was discharged. MARLBOROUGH- STREET. A MOST EXTRAORDINARY CASE OF ALLEGED LUNACY.—An individual, of very gentlemanly appearance, in a state of ex citement, and bearing proofs of having been recently engaged in a severe struggle, his arm being in a sling and his hat bent together, entered the office yesterday, and inquired if he could have an assault warrant against two persons, who had suddenly entered his lodgings, 49, Haymarket, and violently assaulted him. .He was desired to wait until the sitting Ma gistrate, Mr. Dyer, had disposed of the night charges. Two persons soon afterwards came to the Magistrate, and stated that they were in pursuit of the gentleman who applied for the warrant. They were keepers attached to the Ham mersmith Lunatic Asylum, conducted by Mr. Finch, and they were armed with the authority of a certificate, under the hand of a medical gentleman named Paternoster, that the party in question was insane. They had gone to the gentle man's lodgings in the Haymarket that morning, and on pro ceeding to put their orders into excution they were violently attacked by the gentleman, and one of them had received a severe blow on the head from a poker. The police were called and on the gentleman appealing to the constables for protec tion, they had had gone away in order to obtain further in structions. While they were speaking the gentleman came in, and on being called forward he said while he was in the act of dressing himself that morning, about eight o'clock, the two men before the bench burst into his room, and without saying a word respecting their business, proceeded to seize him in a rough manner. Not know ing at first what their purpose could possibly be, he made resistance, and a violent and most determined struggle ensued. One of them seized him by the throat, and thrust his knuckles with such violence against the jugular vein that he was all but strangled. He was forced down on the sofa, and roughly handled, so that, by great exertion, having got hold of the poker, he was obliged to use it in his own defence. The disturbance and his cries caused an application to be made to the police, and policeman Dudley, C 56, came into the room. As soon as he saw the constable, he explained to him the violent usag6 he bad suffered, and placed himself under his protection. The men now for the first time declared their r.-al character, and produced the certificate under which they asserted they were authorized to seize his body, and place him in the Hammersmith Lunatic Asylum. The policeman, when appealed to by the keepers, did not choose to give him up, and he (complainant) went to the station-house for redress. What caused him to feel more warmth than otherwise he should, was because he saw one of the men had a pair of handcuffs for the purpose of putting them on him. Mr. Finch, the master of the asylum, handed the Magistrate , d by the gentleman s t was old Mseen the certificate, which it appeared was si g ned a own father, Dr. Paternoster, of Norfolk-street.father n r n . d P b e e t d e r ridden,Pate r n a o n s dn t e [thec could d him for upwards of t h ree months. The fact was the whole proceedings arose out of mo ne y matters. lie had applied for complainant) eanthtlt said he his had an advance of 6 001 . to enab le him to g et out of those embar rassments in which he was plunged, through a very limited in come, and some angry feeling had occurred. He had written many saucy letters, lie admitted, to his brother-in-law, Mr. Wing, an attorney, but he had used no personal threats. This letter formed the ground of the present proceedings, as Mr. Wing appeared to misconstrue the contents of the letter into something of a threat of personal violence towards himself and family. Now he disclaimed any such intention ; and, if the fact were otherwise, Mr. Wing had his remedy by a peace warrant. Mr. Finch said he would bring two medical gentlemen skilled in cases of lunacy, and then he should have no doubt the of satisfying the Ma gistrate on the propriety of the proceed ings of the keepers. the police. r bliegeglevdasMgru.itDey,aeirliting to suffer any P. to allow of him be pro tection re straint which a Magistrate might choose to impose, but he would nev er allow himself quietly to be i mmure d i n a madhouse. tect i lo r n Mr. DYER intimated that he had no jurisdiction in the matter. About an hour after Mr. Finch had retired, Miss Scott, the landlady's daughter, informed Mr. Paternoster that the two keepers were in waiting to take him as soon as he came out of the office. Mr. Paternoster came forward and said, " Now, Sir, I ask for the protection of the law. Those ruffians are lying in wait to deprive me of my liberty. Is it legal to deprive the subject of his 1 berty in this way, when nothing whatever can be urged against him ? Let it, at least, be proved that I have assaulted or threatened any one, or, in short. done one act which in the slightest degree will serve to show that I am not in th e f u l l possession of my reason." Mr. DYER—You must recollect that the certificate is signed by your own father. Mr. Paternoster—l will make affidavit that my father has never seen me for three months. My father is also bedridden, and I ask you, as a magistrate and a gentleman, whether such a cei tificate ought to be a sufficient authority to deprive even the meanest person of his liberty ? Mr. DYER—Your landlady, you know, has made some com plaints. Mr. Paternoster—l deny it. Send for her, and if she says anything which will implicate my sanity, I will submit to any thing. She has promised to conic here after she has called at Mr. Twining's. Mr. DYER—Do you know Mr. Twining ? Mr. Paternoster —The Twining's of the Strand arc all my relations. Mr. Twining, the tea dealer and banker, is my uncle. I have for merly been in the Madras Civil Service, and I now enjoy a perision from the East India Company. Mr. Finch, accompanied by Dr. Spurgin and some other gentlemen, entered the office. Mr. Paternoster, without the slightest hesitation, went into the private room, and held a long conversation with the doctor. The substance of it did not transpire, but the result was, as we were informed, that Dr. Spurgin confirmed the existence of Mr. Paternoster's lunacy. Mr. Dunn, another doctor, called in, and saw Mr. Pater noster in the presence of Mr. Dyer. Mr. Dunn was also of opinion that Mr. Paternoster was not sane, though upon what he founded his opinion it was most difficult to discover, as the replies to questions put to Mr. Paternoster indicated quite as large a portion of rationality and infinitely more cleverness than possessed by the querist. Mrs. Scott, Mr. Paternoster's landlady, having made her appearance ; Mr. Paternoster appealed to her to state her opi nion of his mind. Mrs. Scott said Mr. Paternoster had lived with her at in tervals for the last six years. She had never seen anything indicating lunacy, and she should neither be afraid to trust herself or ber daughter at any time with him. He was of an irritable disposition, and was occasionally excited respecting family matters; but as to being mad, he was no more mad than she was. 3dr. Paternoster asked the Magistrate, after what he had just heard, whether he would still refuse him the protection of the police ? Mr. DYER said the matter was out of his jurisdiction now. There seas a certificate signed by his own father, and two me dical gentlemen had since seen and conversed with him. Mr. Paternoster—And can you for a moment place the opinion of two persons who have seen me but for five minutes against the evidence of persons with whom, for the last six years, I have been almost in daily communication? What can any man pretend to know of the state of another's mind by merely feeling his pulse and holding a short conversation with him? Dr. Spurgin likewise saw me at a disadvantage. I am, I own, of an irritable temper, and such brutal treatment as I have received would have roused the most peaceable. Two men suddenly burst into my room, seize me violently by the throat, half strangle me, and bruise my arm so severely that lam compelled to wear a sling. Would not such treat ment irritate any man? and all this has occurred through mat ters which I can explain, if allowed. Mr. DYER-1 make it a rule to shut my ears always against family disclosures. Mr. Paternoster—l defy any man to bring proof that I have threatened or used violence towards him. If Mr. Wing is afraid of me let him send me to prison. I will go cheerfully ; but I now say, knowing as I do, that the keepers are waiting outside, that I will not be taken without using resistance. I beg of you to protect me—l beg you to send me to prison. Mr. DYER—I cannot do that. Dr. Monro came into the office and held some conversation with Mr. Paternoster. The result was that the doctor also expressed his belief in Mr. Paternoster's insanity. Mr. Paternoster was let out at the back door, but the keep ers being in readiness he was pounced upon and soon secured in a hackney-coach, whose destination was the Hammersmith madhouse. Mr. Paternoster certainly exhibited nothing whatever of an unsound mind while at the office, but we are informed the gentleman receives a pension from the India House on account of insanity, and that certificates of the state of his mind have been in existence for about six years. On Thursday, Martha Davis, an Irishwoman, was charged with havine , robbed her master, Mr. Russell, King-street, Covent-garden, r of 24 sovereigns. Mr. CHAMBERS asked the prisoner what she had to say in defence. Prisoner—l don't know that I'll say any thing ;my life is sworn away. A countrywoman of the prisoner's came formard to give evi dence. Prisoner—She ought not to be heard. She's an Irish. woman, and no Irishwoman ever spoke the truth. The prisoner persisted in saying that the money was her own property, and the produce of savings from her wages. She was fully committed. MARYLEBOIVE. Yesterday Alfred Stamford, an intelligent well-dressed youth, fourteen years of age, residing witla his parent,st No. 3, Diana-place, New-road, was brought up in custody and placed at the bar before the sitting Magistrate, Mr. Shutt, charged with shooting, at, with a pistol, with intent to kill, George Scott, a lad about his own age, living at No. 25, St. Helena-place, Spa-fields. The prosecutor, on the left side of whose head was a wound about the size of a crown piece, stated that he worked for Mr. Belliefield, ornamental presser, New-road. That day, about two o'clock, he was going along Southampton-street from his dinner to his employment, when be saw the prisoner in front, on the same side of the way, and a number of other boys of whom he (witness) was in the advance running after him. At the corner of Hertford-street the prisoner turned, and com ing up to him said, if he touched him he would shoot him. He made no reply, and in a moment the prisoner took from an inside pocket of his jacket a pistol, which he presented at him and fired, the contents bitting him on the head. He then ran off, but was pursued and given in charge, as a po liceman was coming up. Witness was conveyed to Middle sex Hospital, where the wound he had received was dressed. The prisoner at the time of firing was about three yards distant, and most of the boys following worked for the same master as himself. He never saw the prisoner before, and after firing the pistol he put it back in his pocket and took to his heels. After some evidence in support of the charge, the prisoner, who stood apparently quite unconcerned during the examina tion, when called upon for his defence, said, that on the pre vious night, about nine o'clock, he went down to the garden gate to speak to two of his schoolfellows, whom he found being pushed about by Ray and other boys. He desired them to go away, but they would not, and on his proceding with his companions up the garden, he felt a stone bit him on the back. He then said to his schoolfellows, " I'll go and put a little powder in my pistol, and let it off to frighten them." He did so, but was not aware it caused any injury that afternoon. While at home from school to his dinner a person came in and said some boys were waiting for him outside with a piece of iron to cut his bead open. He then went and got the pistol, and putting it in his pocket, left the house to go to school. On reaching Southampton-street he heard a noise behind him, and, on looking back, saw about eighty boys, and among them one who carried a piece of iron, about a yard long, and of some thickness. They called out to hint to stop, when he began to run, which they did ; also at the same time throwing stones at him, one of which hit him on the shoulder. When he got to the corner of Hertford-street he pulled out the pistol and said if they came any further he would shoot them. They then said " You're not going to frighten us as you did last night." He then fired the pistol, which hit Scott, whom he had passed, and was a little a-head of. He never saw Scott before, and could state that he bad nothing to do with his tor mentors. After firing be did not see he had hurt any one, and ran away. What had that day occurred was on his part quite unintentional. The prisoner was committed for trial. On Thursday, Charles Reed, a gentleman's servant, was summoned before the Magistrates, at the instance of the So ciety for Preventing Cruelty to Animals, charged with shame ful treatment to a donkey. The defendant, who said that he accidentally " touched the animal on the raw," was, after a severe lecture on his cruelty, fined twenty shillings and costs. QUEEN-SQUARE, Joseph Bailey, a green grocer, residing in York-stree Westminster, was yesterday charged under the Mutiny Act with receiving barrack stores supplied from the depot. Mr. BURRELL said this was an offence which must be se verely punished. He therefore convicted the defendant in the penalty of 10/. and three times the value of the coals. He was removed in custody. _ _ , Robert Hatheway was yesterday charged with violently 83 saulting James Henley, an officer of the County Court, Kings. gate-street, Holborn. Defendant excused himself by saying that he was drunk. Mr. WIIITE consulted with his colleague, and fined him 3, for the assault. A very handsome pearl pia has been stopped by Harding, a pawnbroker, and is now lying at this office for an owner. UNION-HALL. Yesterday morning an elderly woman, named Hanks, in a state of great destitution, was brought before Mr. TrtainL, charged with attempting to throw herself from the palisades of Vauxhall Bridge. Mr. TRAILS, asked her the cause of her having attempted the rash act ? and the reply she made was, that she had been for the last ten days wandering about without scarcely any food and no habitation, and that for the whole of that time she had never been in a bed. That the condition of misery to which she was reduced had operated on her mind, and had reduced her to such a state that she determined on self-destruction to end her misfortunes on earth. In the course of the day the proceedings of the office were interrupted by the hasty entrance of two young men of re spectable appearance, leading between them a large New foundland dog, which each laid claim to, and seemed to be in a high state of excitement about the animal. One of the parties, who said that his name was Ward claimed the dog as his property, and stated that it had bern stoten from him between a month and five weeks ego. Mr. Ward said that he belonged to the Garrick Theatre, that he bad been for some time engaged in teaching this very dog to play in the piece entitled The Dog of Montargis, and that the animal had acquired all the necessary tricks to do the cha racter to perfection, when it was stolen from him. Mr. Ward further identified the animal, by saying that one of the lower teeth was broken off near the stump, which on examination was found to be the case. The MaoisTuATF. said that there appeared very little doubt the dog belonged to Mr. Ward, and that the person from whom Mr. Maynard had got it that morning might get him self into a very serious scrape if be did not give it up. Mr. Ward asked the Magistrate if he was not justified in taking possei.sion of his dog ? The MAGISTRATE said that he could not empower him, bat that he would grant a summons against the person from whom Mr. Maynard, the person complained of, had it that morning. The parties then withdrew into the outer office, between whom a squabble took place, but ultimately Mr. Ward got pos session of the dog. • MA RKET INTELLIGEN CE. ( From the London New Price Current of last Evening.) SUGAR. —The West India Market continues to present a very tranquil appearance ; from the refiners the demand has been extremely limited. and the grocers have purchased with much caution, taking only sufficient to supply their immediate wants ; the daily sales have not exceetled 400 hhds and trs, and owing to the great accumulation in the stock importers continue to lose confidence in the article, for they have again submitted to a reduction of Is to Is 6d for the low and mid descriptions ; the supply of fine qualities, however, being small, has enabled the merchants to obtain previous rates ; ord and good brown may now be bought at 48s to 50s 6d, low and mid yellow 51s to 54s 6d, good 55s to 58s, fine and very fine 59s to 63s ; of Barbadoes none has been offered at auction, but 130 hhds. will be brought forward on Tuesday. This afternoon the importers having submitted to a further reduction of 6d for brown and mid yellow sorts, caused the buyers to come forward more freely, and 900 hhds and trs were disposed of, making the sales for the week 2,100 hhds and trs. ; 20 hhds Trinidad at public sale were bought in at easy prices, mid bright yellow at 5(13. The Refined trade has again been affected, by the dull and drooping state of the market for the raw material. The demand from the grocers has been limited for all descriptions, although a reduction on former rates of Is has been submitted to • Lumps in small quantities passing the standard have been sold at 75s to 75s 6d, and rather under 73s 6d to 745, even at which the buyers have taken only sufficient to supply their im mediate wants, anticipating a further fall in prices. For ex port there are few orders here, and the transactions for that purpose have been confined to some small parcels of double Crushed at 33s 6d a 33s 9d, which is 6d under the former rates; at the former figure these are generally sellers. MAURITIUS.—The operations have again been limited in this article, buyers continuing to take only sufficient to supply their immediate wants ; good descriptions, however, have supported previous rates, the supply being still short, but low and mid sorts are 6d cheaper ; the purchases have been con fined to the public sales of 6,367 bags, one of 4,425 bags took place on Wednesday, and went heavily at the decline noticed above ; very low and fair brown sold at 41s 6d to 45s ; low middling grey, 50s to 51s ; good yellow, nearly fine, 59s 6d ; the other sale occurred yesterday, and went with more spirit, but no further reduction was submitted to ; ordinary yellow brought 51 s 6d ; middling, 535; good, 57s 6d ; fine, 61s 6d to 62s ; ordinary dark brown, 45s ; a shade better, 465. EAST INDIA. —The market for export descriptions has again been very inactive, and parcels are offering at rather low prices, but without finding buyers. In Siam there has been nothing done, either by public sale or private contract ; and for Manilla there has also been no demand. Bengal has been taken sparingly for home consumption by private treaty, and none has been offered at public sale, but former prices have been supported; 176 casks low heavy brown at auction imported from Singapore sold at 16s to I6s 6d per cwt. For auction on Tuesday 1,400 bags Bengal are declared. MoLAssas.—There is still very little inclination to buy West India ; prices remain unaltered. This afterrioon 45 puns Trinidad at public sale sold at rather lower prices, mid at 24s to 24s 6d. COFFEE.—The home trade have again been eager buyers of all descriptions of British Plantation, prices have again ad vanced Is 6d to 2s; at public sale 356 casks and 250 barrels and bags sold with much animation, Jamaica good mid at I 15s to 123 s 6d, mid 110 s to 113 s 6d, low mid 106 s, fine fine ord 105 s 6d to 108 s, good ord 92s ; Dominica mid 108 s, fine fine ord and low mid 102 s 6d to 106 s, good ord 955; Demerara low mid 108 s, fine ord 100 s, good ord in bags unclean 94s 6d to 955. The market for East India descriptions continues brisk, and advanced prices have been obtained. This afternoon 50 brls 4 bags Trinidad and 51 bags Brazil were offered at auction, the former sold at the rates previously established, fine ord and low mid at 99s 6d to 105 s ; the latter brought former prices, good ord 36s 6d to 375. COCOA.—British Plantation has been taken more freely for home consumption, and 175 brls 60 bags Trinidad at public sale brought previous rates, ord grey 4ls Gd, fair to good mid 43s a 455. This afternoon 36 brls Para at auction went at 31s 6d to 33s 6d for low to fair dark red. RUM, BRANDY, AND HOLLANDS—There has been a brisk and general demand for Rum, and rather higher prices have again, in most instances, been obtained. In Jamaica the sales; have amounted to 300 puns 23 to 25 per cent over proof at 4s 2d a 4s 3d, 28 to 30 over 4s 4d a 4s Gd, 32 to 36 over 4s 8d to 4s 10d. Of Leewards 250 puncheons have been sold , proofs to 3 per cent over at 2s 10d a2s lld, 4 to 6 over 3s a 3s Id, S to 10 over 3s 2d a 3s 3d, 12 to 20 over 3s 4d a3s 9d, 22 to 30 over 3s 10d a 4s 2d, 32 to 38 over 4s 3d a 4s 7d. For proofs most of the holders are now asking 2s 11d, and for 5 per cent over 3s id. For Brandy the demand has bee" steady at previous rates. Genera at former prices. British Corn Spirits as last quoted. TALeoi,v.— Fhe transactions in Petersburg Yellow Candle on the spot have been to a fair extent, and the price is steady at 48s 3d for first quality. For arrival purchases have been made at 47s to 48s for the last three months of th e year, and for arrival in the first three months of 1839 at 485 3d to 48s 6d per cwt. SALTPETRE.—Rough is held firmly at the prices of les t week ; but there has been only a limited business doing by private treaty. This afternoon 1,650 baskets Egyptian at public sale, refraction ten per cent. sold readily at stiff prices , and brought 23s 6d to 245. TEA.—The market i s fi r m, b u t th e d eman d has been only for small parcels, for which the buyers have been compelled to pay 1 d to 2d per lb. profit on the rates of the last quarterly sale. RICE.—A good demand has been experienced for Ea st India, and 2,624 bags Bengal at auction sold readily, at fully previous rates ; good white at 16s 6d, coming in lots 175. INDIGO.—In East India previous rates have been supported, excepting at which impo r t ers w ill no t se ll. The demand fo r Spanish has much abated, and 107 serons Guatemala at auction went 3d to 9d per lb under previous prices, ordinary to middling Cortes and Sobres sold at 2s 7d to 5s Gd. OILS.—For the common kinds of Fish Oil for home Oa; snmption rather better pri c es h av e b een o bt a i ne d f o r pale Sea , and Cod ; sales of the former 'nave been made at 341 103 to 35/, and the latter at 361 to 361 10s. Southern has maintaine d its previous currency, at which 132 tuns at public sale this afternoon found buyers. Sperm remains firm at 821 for first quality. In Linseed the transactions have again been extensive, and at rather better prices. For Rape there ha g been a good demand, 43s for pale, and 42s for brown. Ol ive has secured a fair sale, and Gallipoli is again dearer. SOY and Spanish as last quoted. Palm at 401. to 411. In Ea st India Cocoa Nut there is no variation. Tonaceo.-760 hhds Kentucky kas been taken for Havre at about 26s per 100 lbs. SPICES.—For Pepper there continues to be a good deman d _ privately ; the late advance has been fully supported ; comn3". light Sumatra at 3d, and half heavy Malabar at 41-d' et these rates several of the holders refuse to sell. Cinnamon 4d advance on the rates of the late auctions. An incre ased demand for Pimento at an advance of id ; ordinary quality brought 3,4 d ; fair shipping, 31d to 3-ad ' • good middling, 3 0' Cassia Lig nea at late rates. Nutmegs, Mace, and Cloves, a t previous prices. This afternoon 850 packages Malabar Pepper and 530 chests Cassia Lignea were offered at public sale. the former at 4cl to 4 d ; the latter, common, at 50s 6d, low mid 51s to 51864 a few lots 525, very coarse half bundles and loose sticks 483, broken and small 46s to 46s 6d, Ist class mouldy 475, 2d ditto 40s 6d, 31 ditto mouldy and sea damaged 31s to 315 6c l per cat. DESSERT FRUIT KNIVES AND FORKS. Plated on Silver Steel lllades.l(4. Plvory lain handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair.. Ci 3(I 1 6 Carved ivory handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair 3Hi 6 9 , 9 0 0 . Plain pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen pair... 4 4 0 j Carved pearl handles, silver ferrules, per dozen lair 5 $ I) ji 0 King's pattern or Queen's pattern, silver handles 16 6 1 4 T. COX SAVORY, Working Gold and Silversmith, 47, Cornhill, London. (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street. ) plate N.B. A Pamphl e t con t a i n i ng a li st. o f t h e pr i ces of S i lver , e Plated Goods, W a t c h es, Cl oc k s, & c., may b e had gratis, or u forwarded in answer to a post-pa id application. BIRTBS. On the 24th i ns t., a t G or h am b ury , th e sea t o f h er f a th e r, the Earl of Vernlam, the Countess of Craven of a son and heir. At Soho-square, on the 2.lth inst.., Mrs. M'Kinlay, of a soil• On the 16th inst.., at Clifton, the lady of George Lynch, E s q . ' of a On o f the 18th inst., at Send-grove, near Guildford , the lady o J. Baldwin, Esq., of a son. On the 21st inst., at Eden-hall, Lady Musgrove,-of a son. On the 21st inst., the lady of Thos. Pemberton, Esq., of Sloane, street, of a son. or ' On the 22d inst., in the College, Doctors' C ommons , the la") . Wm. Pritchard, Esq. of a son. I•.‘ On the 23t1 inst., the wife of Mr. Edwards, of Upper Slarn i°l street, of a son. On the 234 inst., Mrs. B. Willoughby, of Upper Bedford-o're' of a daughter. M.II?RIED. o'' At. St. Martin's-in•tha Fi e ld s, M r. F. IV. Martin, o f tt of Valence, Kent, to Henrietta Matilda niece of H. Parrott, Martin's plac e . , „ t On the 18th inst., a t St. P au l' s Church, Exeter, Francis S. • ier late'; banker of E xe t er , to L ydia Pease, eldest daughter o f t he T. Furlong, Esq., of the same place. ~~ DIED. i riff, sh On the 19th i ns t. , at Stow on the Wold Mr. Josep h ' --e junior, ag e d 40. , On the 131st inst., at Round Coppice, Sarah Ann, second dailzs'i" ter of the l a t e C . Tompson, F.sq. 63 On the 16 t h i nst., at Frixton, Thomas Bailey, Esq., ag ed ' eldest son of T. Bailey, Esq., late of St. Albans. C'el lia ' On the 22d inst., in Glocester-place, Portman-square , ~- , o „ r it sole surviving child of B. Blake, Esq ,, late of Antigua William, St. Vincent, aged 40. mei On the 21st inst., at Liverpool, W. R. Anderson, EST , • chant, aged 58. - ___.......--r!"7 and London: Printed and Published by AIUIiDO YOUNG t , 112, St ran d, a t Th e Sun O ffi ce, No. 112, Strand, in the our .7 of Middlesex..-. Saturday, August 25, 1815.